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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 10-25-2021

ShepHyken

(CMSWire) Chatbots continue to handle an increasing amount of customer support and other B2C and B2B interactions. billion by 2026, representing a 30.9% Chatbots are being used to take customer orders, speed interactions, increase access, generate leads, and for a variety of other uses. Loyalty is more than points.

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The Future of Customer Service: AI and Human Collaboration

Playvox

Similar kinds of declarations were made when interactive voice response (IVR) systems came out and again when chatbots became commonplace on websites, providing automated responses that did not require human intervention. Gartner further projects that one in 10 agent interactions will be automated by 2026, an increase from an estimated 1.6%

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Global Customer Success Software Market share: 2022 Edition

CustomerSuccessBox

million in USD (2026). from 2021 – 2026. If it is well-executed, that’ll be the differentiator for them and by gaining customer loyalty they sustain in the competition. It has employed continuous intelligence to enhance the customer experience with every interaction of the customer. It will grow from 978.22

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The Great AI Paradox for Contact Centre Agents

CSM Magazine

Leading research and consulting firm Gartner predicts that Conversational AI will reduce contact centre labour costs by $80billion in 2026 and over the same period, one in 10 agent interactions (10%) will be automated, an increase from an estimated 1.6% of interactions today. As a result, agent skillsets are changing too.

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What Are the Three Pillars of B2B Customer Support for Fintechs?

CSM Magazine

Brand recognition According to Gartner, when businesses provide strong customer service and value-driven interactions, customers are 86% more likely to repurchase and 97% more likely to spread positive word-of-mouth reviews. billion between 2022-2026. This confirms that quality customer service and brand recognition go hand in hand.

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Ecommerce vs. brick-and-mortar: Unlocking retail success in 2022

Think Customers

Brick-and-mortar, physical retail locations, rely on being interactive spaces. In the wake of several factors not limited to COVID-19, including the rise of ecommerce, research from UBS predicts that around 80,000 retail stores may shut down permanently by 2026. Customers feel the product and build relationships with the brand.

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Why Your Brand Needs a Total Experience Strategy

CSM Magazine

Total Experience (TX) seeks to change this norm by combining the needs of the parties at both ends of your business interactions – customers and employees. By 2026, according to the same report, 60 percent of large enterprises will use TX to transform their business models to achieve world-class customer and employee advocacy levels.

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